piān
sheet
piece of writing
bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
classifier for written items: chapter, article
piān fu
length (of a piece of writing)
space occupied on a printed page
qiān piān yī lǜ
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
once you've seen one, you've seen them all
shī piān
a poem
a composition in verse
fig. epic (compared with historical epic)
the biblical Book of Psalms
piān zhāng
writing
sections and chapters
kāi piān
start of literary work
opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
cháng piān
lengthy (report or speech)
xù piān
sequel
continuation (of a story)
mò piān
final installment
last phase
end
lǎo sān piān
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
Shǐ zhòu piān
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC
yáng yáng dà piān
lit. an ocean of writing
an impressive literary work (idiom)
lián piān lěi dú
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
verbose
cháng piān lěi dú
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
Lèi piān
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century
fān piān r
to turn a page
(fig.) to turn over a new leaf
piān yùn
abbr. for Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1] and Guangyun 廣韻|广韵[Guang3 yun4]
Yù piān
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
fèi huà lián piān
a bunch of nonsense
verbose and rambling
qiān piān yī lǜ
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
once you've seen one, you've seen them all
guǐ huà lián piān
to tell one lie after another (idiom)
to talk nonsense
bogus story
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